Minamata disease revisited: An update on the acute and chronic manifestations of methyl mercury poisoning

Journal of the Neurological Sciences

Volumn 262, Issue 1-2, 2007, Pages 131-144

  Ekino, Shigeo ^a   Susa, Mari ^b   Ninomiya, Tadashi ^a   Imamura, Keiko ^a   Kitamura, Toshinori ^a  

^a KUMAMOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b KUMAMOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Cortical damage; Methyl mercury poisoning; Minamata disease; Somatosensory disorders

Indexed keywords

MERCURY; METHYLMERCURY;

ACUTE DISEASE; ARTICLE; CHRONIC DISEASE; FISH CONSUMPTION; FOOD INTAKE; HUMAN; JAPAN; LIP DISEASE; MERCURIALISM; METHYLMERCURY POISONING; MINAMATA DISEASE; PARESTHESIA; PERIPHERAL NERVOUS SYSTEM; PERIPHERAL NEUROPATHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOMATOSENSORY CORTEX; SOMATOSENSORY DISORDER; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; VISUAL FIELD DEFECT;

ACUTE DISEASE; BRAIN; CHRONIC DISEASE; HAZARDOUS SUBSTANCES; HUMANS; JAPAN; MERCURY POISONING, NERVOUS SYSTEM; METHYLMERCURY COMPOUNDS; NERVOUS SYSTEM; SOMATOSENSORY CORTEX; SOMATOSENSORY DISORDERS;

EID: 34548588609     PISSN: 0022510X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jns.2007.06.036     Document Type: Article

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